Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-11-19
GOSPEL oArHER1Nay.

Elder ID w. Case, OF the Christian
church here, is absent oil a most
pleasant journey. Fifty-three years
ago yesterday, his father, JNhn Case,
and his mother, Fanny, werp married
in Anderson county, Kentucky. This
aged couple allowed the time for cell
ebrating their goldel wedding to
pass, SO, on this occasion, they called
all their living descendants together
at the old family homestead for
a reunion; and this; no doubt,
was enjoyed in great share.
Eldcr Case will remain in Kentucky
another week before returning to lis
charge in Clarksville.
Seven persons We're baptised at the
Baptist church last Sunday evening.
Rev. A. ID. Sears officiating.
A neat collection, to benefit the
church at Dawson Springs, KY, was
taken up last Sunday night at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
this city.
The debt of the Presbyterian board
of foreign missions has been re-
moved. Its receipts for the year
were $730,O00.
The English Baptists have in the
West India islands, excluding jana
lea, five missionaries, 143 evangelists
and 5,9ll members.
The Wisconsin Womcn's Home
Missionary union are making efforts
to bring the 200 Bohemians of that
State under gospel influences.
The Presbyterian church in Can
ada has on the island of Trinidad six
stations with six missionaries, three
catechists, six teachers, 265 commu-
nicants and 1875 scholars.
Welch Presbyterians have increased
in twenty yeas from 81, III. to LIS. .459,
and during that time their contribu-
tions have amounted t0nearly $751;
003, ,00U.
Our prayers should not be that
God would change his will with ref
erence to our trials or responsibilities,
but that he would give us strength to
follow out his purpose in them. The
secret of true Christian living is in
this thought. Rev. Phillip Brooks.
The name of Wesley now rallies
more followers than that of any
single name associated with Christi
anity other than Christ himself
The Rock (EpiscopaD, London Eng
land.
The following statistics have been
published of London: Aggregate
midsummer population, 5,4l6,O ;
total church sittings, 1908, 500 "a pro-
portion of 35 per cent. to the popula
ton. OF this 35 per cent. the Estab-
lisnment supplies 4.95 per cent. and
the free churches 50.5 per cent. 1t is
estimated that not more than one
half the accommodation is actually
used for public worship.
8t
In China there are among the diff
ferent Protestant denominations sew.
enty-hine persons who devote them.
selves chiefly to medical work.
| Twenty:seven are women. There
has been issued by their Medical
! Missionary Association the first mum.
Der of day journal, whose columns
contain valuable papers from native
and foreign physicians of high stand
ing. The articles by the Chinese
doc ors H. themselves Christians - in
the Chinese language, will have q
wide influence among their country
men in removing the prejudice
Iagainst forcing physicians.
| The American Missionary Socie
| ty, after an expenditure of $29S, ,783..
so, closes the fiscal year free of debt
with small balance in the treasury
They have seventeen missions among
the Chinese, with twenty-eight mis-
sions among the Chinese, with
twenty-eight missionaries, 1,044 pu
pills in their schools, $50 have beer
hopefully converted, and 241 have
given up idol worship. They sustain
slxty-0ne missionaries among the In
dians, FIVE churches, with $40 mem
bers, and eighteen schools, with 6Os
pupils. Among the colored in thu
south they have 1903 missionaries, IL,
, churches, with 1886 church member
and 15,1O9 pupils in Sabbath schools
Five conferences of the Southern
, Methodist Church were held thi.
week as follows: The Memphis, a
Brownsville, by Bishop Cranberry
, the Virginia, at Danville, by Bishop
Key; the North Alabama, at Tusca
loosa, by Bishop Keener; the Ar
kansas, at Fayetteville, by Bisho]
Galloway, and the German Mission
at Grassville, Tex, by Bishop Dun
can.
Rev. I'll. M. Payntef, of st. Loui
! is conducting a revival at the Secon,
Presbyterian church, Nashville.
Christian Advocate, Nov. Ill
: there among our readers an olde
: Methodist than Grandmother Mo
e Whittier, of Clarksville, Tenn? Thi
: venerable lady il over niety year
!, old, and has been member of tn
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